Tamara Sosnova Explained

Club:Spartak Moscow
Birth Date:1949 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Russia
Height:1.66m (05.45feet)
Weight:64kg (141lb)
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Tamara Mikhaylovna Sosnova (Russian: Тамара Михайловна Соснова; 18 December 1949 – 10 August 2011) was a Soviet freestyle swimmer who won two medals at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She also competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics but did not reach the finals. Between 1964 and 1968 she won 10 national championships and set 21 national records in 100 m (1), 200 m (4), 400 m (8), 800 m (3), 1500 m (1) and freestyle relays (4).[2]

She was the younger sister of Galina Sosnova. After marriage, she changed her last name to Kravchenko (Russian: Кравченко). Her husband, Vladimir Kravchenko, also competed in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics. After retiring from swimming she taught at the Russian State Agricultural University.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.gbrathletics.com/sport/swimecw.htm EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN)
  2. http://swimmingmasters.narod.ru/swim/sovsw.html Сильнейшие советские пловцы
  3. http://ussr-swimming.ru/bio/sosnova/sosnova.htm Соснова Тамара